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"I didn't know who Paul Graham was, but after the talk I said, ""Hey, Dr. Graham,"" and told him it would be worth the cost of buying him a drink if he'd listen to us talk about our start-up."
— Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
How I Did It: Alexis Ohanian, Reddit"He said, ""You came all the way up from Virginia? Sure."" He ended up inviting us to an interview for Y Combinator, which no one had heard of at the time."
— Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
How I Did It: Alexis Ohanian, Reddit"The night of the interview, Paul called me and said, ""I'm sorry, we're not accepting you."" That sucked. Really sucked. So we got drunk. Really drunk."
— Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
How I Did It: Alexis Ohanian, Reddit"""You guys need to build the front page of the Internet."""
— Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
How I Did It: Alexis Ohanian, Reddit"We built Reddit in three weeks. It was just Web links and text submitted by users, with Interesting or Uninteresting buttons that you could click on underneath."
— Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
How I Did It: Alexis Ohanian, Reddit"The acquisition by Condé Nast basically started with a Halloween party, where we met a reporter who introduced me to a freelancer for Wired who told her boss about us."
— Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
How I Did It: Alexis Ohanian, Reddit"Paul was thrilled. We were one of the first start-ups to launch in Y Combinator, and now we were the first significant acquisition."
— Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
How I Did It: Alexis Ohanian, Reddit"""I want to stay hungry. I really believe my resources are best used to help projects that make the world suck less."""
— Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
How I Did It: Alexis Ohanian, Reddit"I believe wealth is a means to an end, and wealth has never made me happy, only comfortable."
— Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
How I Did It: Alexis Ohanian, Reddit"We took a trip to D.C. We went around to senators and representatives and told them our stories. I was invited on MSNBC, then it was other TV shows for two days straight."
— Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
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